Stray Dog Takes Up Job As Garbage Collector
By Khaosod English


Taan, a stray dog in Nakhon Ratchasima, routinely collects garbage from a temple pond in Muang district.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — A stray dog in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima has impressed locals by regularly collecting garbage from a temple pond.

According to the temple's abbot, Taan the dog routinely jumps into the pond at Don Kwang Temple in Muang district to retrieve trash floating in the water.

Frequent temple-goer Supit Soonsantia told Khaosod that Taan was abandoned by his owner when he was a puppy two years ago. After that, Taan learned how to swim and began collecting garbage on his own, Supit said.

"He learned all this on his own," Supit said. "No one taught him at all."

He added that the dog will make several trips across the pond until all of the water bottles, styrofoam containers, and leaves have been cleared from the water.

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-- Khaosod English 2014-12-08

The locals could learn a lot from this hound.

The locals could learn a lot from this hound.

But would spoil the dogs job

Is he on the minimum wage yet?

But what a great story , hope locals look after him food, shelter and medication wise

I hope they feed the dog.

I hope they do not encourage the dog by throwing even more garbage in the pond.

The locals could learn a lot from this hound.

They should put this with a video on all Thai Telly channels and say that a dog has more sense than people,,,,Darn that's maybe why a lot of Asian people eat dog meat (to get more sense) Aaaarg,,,But they don't know how to use that,,,What a Bummer!

I love stories like these.

Good old Taan, i think i'll stop by

and donate a 20 kg of food for him.

I live maybe 7 minutes away.

And yes......the Thais could learn something

from this!

Is he on the minimum wage yet?

But what a great story , hope locals look after him food, shelter and medication wise

lets hope he has a work permit......lol.

I cant belive the gulibility of some people.

The dog doesn't collect rubbish it is a dogs' instinctive retreival game. I have dogs that love fetching stuff from the water.

Only is Thailand would something this banal be revered and turned into the living garbo dog legend of Nakon Ratchasima.

Would you reward other doggy habits with similar reverence.

The dog that goes around sniffing the backsides of other dogs-the reincarnatiion of a world famous proctologist perhaps?

them lazy thais...

and this dog is one step higher than any farang in regards

I cant belive the gulibility of some people.

The dog doesn't collect rubbish it is a dogs' instinctive retreival game. I have dogs that love fetching stuff from the water.

I can't believe the missing sense of houmor /grimness of some TV posters.

I agree, how could a reincarnated proctologist be a dog, that's just silly.

I cant belive the gulibility of some people.

The dog doesn't collect rubbish it is a dogs' instinctive retreival game. I have dogs that love fetching stuff from the water.

Only is Thailand would something this banal be revered and turned into the living garbo dog legend of Nakon Ratchasima.

Would you reward other doggy habits with similar reverence.

The dog that goes around sniffing the backsides of other dogs-the reincarnatiion of a world famous proctologist perhaps?

I can not believe it would take a real a$$ to take a sweet story like this and turn it into $hit.

Hope you proud of yourself and can sleep easy tonight.

I cant belive the gulibility of some people.

The dog doesn't collect rubbish it is a dogs' instinctive retreival game. I have dogs that love fetching stuff from the water.

Only is Thailand would something this banal be revered and turned into the living garbo dog legend of Nakon Ratchasima.

Would you reward other doggy habits with similar reverence.

The dog that goes around sniffing the backsides of other dogs-the reincarnatiion of a world famous proctologist perhaps?

I can not believe it would take a real <deleted> to take a sweet story like this and turn it into $hit.

Hope you proud of yourself and can sleep easy tonight.

I am not sure If will sleep, I think I have degraded myself and let the entire team down.

Apologies to the gullible.

he learnt to swim on his own.... ...

Oh, I've missed this!

I cant belive the gulibility of some people.

The dog doesn't collect rubbish it is a dogs' instinctive retreival game. I have dogs that love fetching stuff from the water.

Only is Thailand would something this banal be revered and turned into the living garbo dog legend of Nakon Ratchasima.

Would you reward other doggy habits with similar reverence.

The dog that goes around sniffing the backsides of other dogs-the reincarnatiion of a world famous proctologist perhaps?

You must be a really fun guy to go out with.... NOT!

Try looking on the positive side of the story before you knock it (assuming of course, that you still have any humanity/feelings left in you).

I love stories like these.

Good old Taan, i think i'll stop by

and donate a 20 kg of food for him.

I live maybe 7 minutes away.

And yes......the Thais could learn something

from this!

Can you give me directions to the temple? I live just outside Korat City, but travel into the city quite often and I love dogs (and I like temples) so I'd love to see this. I've googled "Don Kwang Temple" but nothing showed up on the map...